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People yelling at each other. A religious leader dressed as Uncle Sam yelling "Jesus Jesus Jesus" at folks at a rally. Ridiculous blanket statements on both sides about Obama being either the worst President in history or the greatest President in history. The internet riddled with complete misinformation which, regardless of how absurd, is believed at face value by many.

CuyahogaRepublican wrote: '"Conservative hate talk" Gotta love the left wingers complaining. There might be a reason that liberal talk has never made it. Oh that's right people don't want to listen to how miserable everything is 24/7 hence Liberal hate talk."

Oh yes, right wing talk NEVER talks about how miserable everything is.

What are you? Deaf?

Typical fanboy comment. Why is it that fanboys can never see similar behavior from, THEIR beloved team?

I can stand RIGHT or LEFT talk radio because they simply say that everything is all the fault of the opposing party.

The Eagles are already in. Rush? Great band, but were they pioneers of any sort, or just expanding the model put out there by Zeppelin, etc? I wouldn't mind them being inducted, but I don't think that their legacy is all that groundbreaking. But why not.

Laura Nyro, on the other hand, practically invented the stand-alone, female singer-songwriter concept. Before Laura, even Carole King could not get a record deal as a performer. Laura broke that stereotype, and paved the way for Joni Mitchell and a newly-empowered Carole King to perform their own stuff and take charge of their recordings. She was a hammer in a velvet glove in the studio and didn't take any crap from anyone. And before you throw down a bunch of stereotypes, consider that Todd Rundgren as publicly stated that his whole writing style was inspired by Laura Nyro's song structure, and that Laura is one of Alice Cooper's (!) favorite performers.

Now, if you want to puke while "having to sit through her induction" please retire to the men's room as not to distract the many people at the event who will be applauding the induction of this great artist, influence and pioneer.

Sad, so terribly sad, that--after ten years of making deejays simply read liner cards and spout slogans--
that a whole generation never heard a truly compelling and engaging music personality (i.e. deejay) break a new, unknown band and tell you all about them, conduct an in-studio interview with the performer, and otherwise be a Cleveland ambassador to the world of rock and roll by and for the city.
The fact that you think all deejays ever did was say "how 'bout them Browns" means that corporate radio their job well.....they neutered the deejays by eliminated their music contributions to programming and their ability to be compelling, made them annoying and unnecessary as simply card readers, then killed them "because the audience does not want deejays anymore". Oh well, the stations are swimming in debt, so everything is on the cheap. A computer never wants a raise or advocates anything.

Her induction is long overdue. She was always one of the most legitimate nominees to be passed over.
The Todd Rundgren story is true, as I heard a firsthand interview where he said the very words that you and Denny referenced about her impact on him. You can hear a lot of Laura in Todd.

I was too young for all the AM stations of the 1950s and 1960s that people talk about, but for me it was WMMS hands down in the 70s and 80s. On one single week, I saw UFO in a free Coffee Break Concert, Todd Rundgren at Music Hall and Genesis at Public Hall....all of the shows broadcast live on WMMS! I still have the tapes. Todd came on Kid Leo's show and took phone calls on the air. I ran down to the lobby of The Statler Hotel (where WMMS had their studios) and I had him sign an album when I (and about two dozen others) caught him coming down the elevator. Does anything compare today with this kind of excitement and a totally plugged-in, all-local radio station? Nothing.

Superficial analysis. You avoid the state stats comparing party of governor. By the way, the highest SAT scores come from the New England states who have the strongest teachers' unions. Does that mean that teachers' unions need more power? Did a little deeper, please.

Certainly you are not suggesting that R & B and Rap performers are not talented, are you? That's what you seem to be saying. Yup, that Stevie Wonder....Marvin Gaye....Smokey Robinson....such no-talents. Stop it.

So what did Carey propose? Many on this site think "this is great" or "get lost, Carey" but how can we comment on this story without seeing his ideas? Can we please see his ideas before we comment? Shheeeeesh.

"Why do people insist on calling an internet stream " radio " ? ( as in he "has an internet radio show" ) ? A radio transmission does not require a telephone line to be heard.....just a receiver. "

OMG. Not again. I answered this same statement months ago on another forum, and you were not paying attention.

Here, I will say it again:

Lots of people, like me, stream internet stations on my BlackBerry. It is really the modern transistor radio. The streaming player even says "radio" on it. It is wireless. The signal is transmitted through the air.
OK, it is not the traditional AM or FM band, but most people call it "internet radio" since it originates from a remote location and comes to a device in the palm of your hand wirelessly.

I believe that in the next 10 years more people will be listening this way (and on a car in-dash version) than from AM or FM. And it will be referred to as "radio".

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